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    Benny Lynch

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    Benny Lynch

    Statistics

    Real name Benny Lynch

    Rated at Flyweight

    Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

    Reach 65 in (165 cm)

    Nationality Scottish

    Born 2 August 1913

    Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland

    Died 6 August 1946 (aged 33)


    Govan, Scotland

    Stance Orthodox

    Boxing record

    Total fights 119

    Wins 88

    Wins by KO 34

    Losses 14

    Draws 17

    Benny Lynch (2 April 1913 – 6 August 1946 in Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland) was
    a Scottish professional boxer who fought in the flyweight division. He is considered by some to
    be one of the finest boxers below the lightweight division in his era and often been described
    him as the greatest fighter that Scotland has ever produced. The Ring Magazinefounder Nat
    Fleischer rated Lynch as the No. 5 flyweight of all-time while his publication placed him 63rd in
    its 2002 list of the "Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years".[1][2] Like Fleischer, both Statistical boxing
    website BoxRec and the International Boxing Research Organization also rank Lynch as the
    5th greatest flyweight ever.[3][4] He was elected to the Ring Magazine hall of fame in 1986 and
    the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998.[1]

    Contents
    [hide]

     1Life and career


    o 1.1European flyweight champion
    o 1.2World flyweight champion
    o 1.3Later career
    o 1.4Death and legacy
     2Notable bouts
     3See also
     4References
     5Further reading
     6External links

    Life and career[edit]


    He was born in a tenement flat at 17 Florence Street[5][6] in the Gorbals area of Glasgow and
    learned his fighting skills in the carnival booths that were popular in the West
    of Scotland during the Great Depression.
    European flyweight champion[edit]
    Lynch won the Scottish flyweight boxing title on 16 May 1934 with a 15 round decision over Jim
    Campbell in Glasgow. He then went on to win the British, European and world flyweight titles
    from Jackie Brown in an historic bout held inManchester on 9 September 1935.[7] The fight
    attracted enormous support from Glaswegians who travelled en masse to watch Lynch floor his
    opponent eight times before the bout was stopped in the second round.[8]
    World flyweight champion[edit]
    There was dispute, on at least on one side of the Atlantic, as to who was the best flyweight
    boxer in the world. Lynch settled the matter when he out-pointed Filipino Small Montana in
    London in 1936 to established himself as the undisputed world flyweight boxing champion.
    From 1932–36, he lost just five fights; two of them were points losses to Jimmy Warnock a
    'southpaw' from Northern Ireland, on 2 March 1936 in Belfast and again on 2 June 1937 in front
    of a home crowd in Glasgow. In 1937 he handed legendary English puncher Peter Kane his
    first loss by devastating knockout.[9]
    Later career[edit]
    By 1938, Lynch's drinking lifestyle meant that he could no longer make the weight for the
    flyweight division. He forfeited his world flyweight title against AmericanJackie Jurich, when he
    weighed in at 118.5 lb (53.8 kg), half a pound over the bantamweight limit. Despite his weight
    problems, Lynch stopped Jurich in the 12th round.[10]
    Death and legacy[edit]
    On 26 August 1939 his boxing license was officially withheld due to an inability to the meet
    standards of the Boxing Board's fitness test. He would continue to battle with alcoholism for the
    rest of his life despite several attempts to treat the disease. Lynch died in 1946 of malnutrition
    induced respiratory failure, aged 33. He was buried at St. Kentigern's Cemetery, Glasgow, with
    some 2000 people attending the funeral.[11]
    He was featured on the cover of Scottish rock band Gun's second album, Gallus, in 1992. A
    documentary about the life of Benny Lynch, directed by John Mackenzieand narrated
    by Robert Carlyle, was made in 2003. The second track on the Scottish folk musician Norrie
    MacIver's début solo album is a biographical song about Lynch.[citation needed]

    Notable bouts[edit]
    Rd.,
    Result Opponent Type Date Location Notes[12]
    Time

    Aurel 1938- National Sporting


    Loss KO 3 (10)
    10-03 Club, Kensington, London
    Toma

    Jackie 1938- St Mirren Football


    Win KO 12 (15)
    06-29
    Jurich Ground, Paisley

    Draw Peter Kane PTS 12 1938- Anfield Stadium, Liverpool Retained World
    03-24 Flyweight Title.

    1937- Retained World


    Win Peter Kane KO 13 (15)
    10-13 Shawfield Park, Glasgow Flyweight Title.

    Jimmy 1937-
    Loss PTS 15
    06-02 Celtic Park Stadium, Glasgow
    Warnock

    Small 1937- Empire Pool, Wembley, Won World Flyweight


    Win PTS 15
    01-19 Title.
    Montana London

    Jimmy 1936-
    Loss PTS 12
    03-11
    King's Hall, Belfast
    Warnock

    Jackie 1935- Kings Hall, Manchester,


    Win RTD 2 (15)
    09-09
    Brown Lancashire

    Jackie 1935-
    Draw PTS 12
    03-04 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow
    Brown

    1933- Palais de Danse, West


    Win Bert Kirby PTS 12
    10-29 Bromwich, West Midlands

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